July Betting Masters - 128

BM - 128...All welcome, show the BBS who the best punter is; don't delay join today



2014 OoM update after June, very very close!



evvo111 22

Louis 22

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Finbar 21

PoolKing 21

Gooders 14

LLCOOLSTEVE 13

3 Beers at HT 13

StuNick 12

Stigma 11

Flat Noodle 10

No1Fan 10

Little Fozzie 10

€pfc 7

kayjay 4

srs9jps 1

ardeo 1

Previous winners:



1: el mico

2: three-way 0-0-0 final draw !!!(Plugster, late mail and odds against)

3: Finbar

4: Grim Reaper

5: EagleSE24

6: LLCOOLSTEVE

7: Stigma

8: Stigma

9: Stigma

10: Tor

11: Finbar

12: Finbar

13: old git

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Overall best betting in 2004: Stigma

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14. Reps AJ

15. bradley eagle

16. Tor

17. LLCOOLSTEVE

18. stevejfh

19. Tor

20. Finbar

21. Drunk eagle

22. Ozeagle

23. LLCOOLSTEVE

24. Wildcat Army

25. LLCOOLSTEVE

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Overall best better in 2005: stevejfh

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26: si1965

27: Ozeagle

28: srs9jps

29. si1965

30: hakers

31: Tor (WC '06)

32: srs9jps

33: NO1FAN

34: Drunk eagle

35: Stigma

36: Stigma

37: DedBallSpeshlst

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Overall best better in 2006: Flat Noodle

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38: LLCOOLSTEVE

39: Finbar

40: richdeniro

41: Stigma

Champions league winner 06/07: Ian Hart

UEFA Cup winner 06/07: Gav The Hamster

42: Finbar

43: Funk Butter

44: PoolKing

45: Funk Butter

46: Drunk Eagle

47: StuNick

48: Stigma

49: StuNick

Champions league winner 07/08-1: Finbar

UEFA Cup winner 07/08-1: Gav The Hamster

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Overall best better in 2007: Finbar

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50: GodstoneEagle

51: Funk Butter

52: Finbar

53: Funk Butter

54: LLCOOLSTEVE

55: Al From Bromley

56: Stigma

2008 Olympics: pauldrulez

57: pauldrulez

58: NO1FAN

59: Al From Bromley

60: Drunk Eagle

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Overall best better in 2008: StuNick

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61: StuNick

62: ardeo

63: Stigma

64: LLCOOLSTEVE

65: Finbar

66: No1Fan

67: Al From Bromley

68: Al From Bromley

69: Funk Butter

70: DedBallSpeshlst

71: Kayjay

72: Gooders

73: gjohnk

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Overall best better in 2009: Funk Butter

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74: Finbar

75: StuNick

76: DedBallSpeshlst

77: Swanny32

78: Funk Butter

79: Funk Butter

80: gjohnk

81: Finbar

82: MynamenisnotMax

83: No1Fan

84: gjohnk

85: Little Fozzie

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World Cup 2010 winner: old git

Overall best better in 2010: ?????

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86: Flat Noodle

87: Finbar

88: GodstoneEagle

89: Flat Noodle

90: mynameisnotmax

91: Louis

92: Funk Butter

93: gjohnk

94: DedBallSpeshlst

95: Stigma

96: cantspell

97: No1Fan

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2011 Order of Merit Winner: Finbar

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March 100th edition knockout special: Little Fozzie

Champions league winner 1st half 2011: Finbar

Champions league winner 2nd half 2011: StuNick

Jan - May UEFA Cup winner 2011: StuNick

Aug - Dec UEFA Cup winner 2011: Housey100



98: 3 Beers at HT

99: StuNick

100: cantspell

101: Funk Butter

102: Finbar

103: Swanny32

104: Funk Butter

105: Louis

106: srs9jps

107: Funk Butter

108: LLCOOLSTEVE

109: Funk Butter

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2012 Order of Merit Winner: Funk Butter



August - Dec 2012 Champions League winner: Swanny32

August - Dec 2012 UEFA Cup winner: JamTheEagle



Jan - May 2012 Champions League winner: No1Fan

Jan - May 2012 UEFA Cup winner: Ian Hart

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110: Louis

111: Louis

112: Gooders

113: Finbar

114: Little Fozzie

115: StuNick

116: Flat Noodle

117: Louis

118: evvo111

119: srs9jps

120: StuNick

121: LLCOOLSTEVE

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2013 Order of Merit Winner: Louis



August - Dec 2013 Champions League winner: Little Fozzie

August - Dec 2013 UEFA Cup winner: Stig



Jan - May 2013 Champions League Winner: Gooders

Jan - May 2013 UEFA Cup winner: Scoopster

Aug - Dec 2013 Champions League Winner: Little Fozzie

Aug - Dec 2013 UEFA Cup Winner: Stigma

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122: No1Fan

123: PoolKing

124: LLCOOLSTEVE

125: 3 Beers at HT

126: Louis

127: Finbar



Winter Olympics 2014 Winner: srs9jps





Rules are as follows



1 Every player has 200 points to bet with in the first round.



2 Each separate bet made is 10 points meaning players have 20 bets during the first 20 days. Maximum bet on a single market is 10 points, same rule applies for identical multis (basically no duplicate bets though you can do a team A, team B double on one bet and then add team C for a treble in another bet)



3 In the second round the 4* finalists all start by carrying forward 25% of their score from the first round added to the 150 points that can bet used in the second round. The person who qualifies for the final with the most points also gets an additional 10pt bet. (*if the number of participants gets to 16 or more, then a 5th finalist place will be added and then one more for every 5 players on top of that).



4 Betting Masters, first group stages runs from 0000 on the first of the month (standard UK time) to 2359hrs on the 20th of the month. Then the top four* posters come together in a mini league from there on until the end of the month.

Final bet settlement must occur before 2359 on the last day of the month.



5 Naturally the winner is the person with the highest score at the end of the last day of the month.



6 Scoring consists of total winnings and is inclusive of 10 point stake i.e. someone bets on a 6/4 horse and it wins their score becomes 25 (15 points profits plus the 10 pt stake) There is no score for any bets not used. Losing bets are scored as zero, not -10.

Any bet from an exchange bookie will have a 4% commission (on the winnings), if nothing else is explicitly stated in the post.



7 Players must quote where they're getting their prices.



8 Singles and upwards accepted.



9 For boxed multis and bets such as Yankees, each separate bet within the bet counts as separate and will cost 10pts per bet. e.g. ten trebles from five selections will use up 100 points.



10. E/W bets are counted as two bets in the masters, which means 10 points x 2



11. For tracking purposes, players are requested to put the outcome of their bets on the post for all events other than European soccer/tennis.



12. Where possible players are requested to put down a running total of their bets in their posts, although I'll also try and produce rolling league tables where possible.



13. After a bet has been posted up, one is not allowed to edit it..



14. The bets must be possible to do in real life, meaning for example that if you got a multi, all the odds have to come from 1 bookmaker. You can’t shop around for the highest odds and put them together. "Special promotion" type bets are not allowed though BOG (Best Odds Guaranteed) are.



15. Bets must be placed at odds of 1/10 (or 1.1 in decimal) or higher



16. Any Draw No Bet bets where the result is a push will always have the bet settled as void, never 10pts. Any asian handicap bet where the result is a push (in full) will have the bet settled as void. Any asian handicap where half of the stake is returned will be marked down as 5pts with the remainder of the Asian handicap settled as a win or a loss (this is applicable for asian handicaps such as 2.25 or -2, -2.5 etc)



17. In the event that a player is not sure if their bet will finish in time, before midnight on the 20th or midnight for qualifying midnight on the final day of the month for the final, they can make a provisional bet or bets which then become actual bets only if their original selection(s) finishes at 12.01am or after

Suggestion: When are signing coming? part 2

Hi

New season,even more money, still no new players,when are signing coming?

Membership

Hi does anyone know when memberships for 2014-2015 go on sale Thanks.

Colossus bets

Does anyone play this?



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Im still in with one leg to go on a pick 4 ticket.... being offered £273 for the remaining 40% of my ticket (cashed in other 60% at various stages or £160)



In the last leg I have germany to win 2-0, 3-0 and have covered AOH result



Ticket cost £36.00

The

The Stella DIY Birthday Thread



After all these years, the miserable BBS failed to acknowledge my Birthday on Thursday 26th. What bastards.

So, Happy Birthday Stella:

Match Updates: France v Nigeria

Monday 30th June 5pm

Live on BBC



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France

01 Lloris

02 Debuchy

03 Evra

06 Cabaye

04 Varane

21 Koscielny

19 Pogba

14 Matuidi

09 Giroud

08 Valbuena

10 Benzema



Nigeria
01 Enyeama

05 Ambrose Emuobo

13 Oshaniwa

10 Mikel

02 Yobo

22 Omeruo

07 Musa

17 Onazi

09 Emenike

08 Odemwingie

11 Moses

Match Updates: Germany v Algeria

Monday 30th June 9pm

Live on ITV



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Passport renewable debacle

It's been a couple of weeks since the gov said they were going to beef up the offices in L'pool to speed up the delays...but mine is now coming up to being 2 weeks late in arriving and news reports say some have been waiting for 2 months.



Just wondering if anyone else has renewed recently and what their turnaround time for getting the new one was.

Those bastards from three

PAYG phone, not updated in two years - they say my number is now deactivated and lost forever.



I have had this number for fifteen years.

Holiday in Turkey

I'm going on holiday in Turkey next week to Side/Antalya,has anyone been and if so any tips on places to visit ,things to do and decent restaurants? Also still don't know whether to take lira or euros . Any tips advice welcome. Cheers

Happy 40th Beckenham Boy!!

I can't believe my little brother is 40 today!



Happy birthday Dan :p

London visit

Me and the family will be in London 9 - 15 September. Can anyone recommend a self catering apartment?



Looking for something with reasonable access to the city but happy with a half hour tube ride. Also (hopefully) need to be able to get to Selhurst! To view the link you have to Register or Login



Also, any ideas to entertain an 8 year old? Any reviews of Legoland?

Tickets for foreigners

I'll be visiting UK from Australia in the autumn and in London for a week in September.



How do I get tickets for the Palace v Burnley game on September 12th (2x adults + 1 child)?

Suggestion: Leonardo Pavoletti

This chap was 3rd top scorer in Serie B last season with 20 goals and appears to be very good in the (6ft 2"). Leeds are showing interest but could be the type of player we need for the last 15-20 minutes to grab a goal?



I reckon a bid of £30 would seal it, paid with 3 tenners.



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Victims again.....

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Football is now a mainly non contact sport?

Would you agree? Definitely going that way, if not nearly there. Mentality is to go down at the slightest brush. And the referee's fall for it every time.

Rumour: Floyd Ayite

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Match Updates: Holland v Mexico

Sunday 5pm



BBC preview

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Match Updates: Costa Rica v Greece

9pm Sunday ITV



"The big one"



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Rumour: Appiah to Southend on season loan

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Article says Pulis wants him here for pre season. Would probably be a decent move for him.

Happy Birthday Golf Boy

Assuming you are still alive and even though you don't celebrate it anyway.



A ghastly 45.

Rep power?

Rep power. May have been asked before but what does it mean?

Thanks

Eagles in Oz: can you come out to play?

Adjunct to my Big Away Trip thread: calling all Eagles in Oz. I'll be in Sydney 22-27 July roughly, then Adelaide for August with trips to Melbourne at some point. I then fly to Alice Springs, on to Darwin and round to Brisbane from where I fly to Singapore in October.



Will confirm exact dates/locations when bookings done.



Let me know where you are and hopefully we can use this thread to meet up for beers & Palace matches, once season kicks off (subject obviously to TV & timings).

Cardiiff fans attitude towards Palace

Hi Eagles first congratulations on an excellent first season back in the premiership. I am very happy for your club. Good luck with your new season and summer signings. Lets hope both Swansea and Palace keep who they need to keep and clean out who they need to clean out ready for new signings.



Secondly I would like to point you in the direction of a forum thread on cardiff city forum so you can see some of the stinky attitude the scum have towards your club.



I have been banned from their forum many times under the name "THE CRIM"

I can't stand Cardiff city. They are one big joke. Lets hope they are the club that keep giving in the championship.



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All the best

ProudKackCity a.k.a "THE CRIM"



ME IN MY SWANS TOP UP TO MISCHIEF LOL:



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Jermaine Defoe strops out about a free kick

Quality !!





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Ramadan Mubarak!

Shitnonce bastard c*nts

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The Future

I'm 47 years old in a couple of weeks.



CPFC is very central to my life second only to my family.



This could be a very important season for a lot of us after being through endless false dawns, shit and disasters.



I have a lot of confidence in CPFC2010, Tony Pulis, the team, and all the people associated with the club that have started to make things really work.



I don't know what the future brings but I hope beyond hope that we can just do ourselves proud.



Very special club.



Love to everything Palace.



Too much wine but good night all.

England fan has ear bitten off

:eek:

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Suggestion: demba ba

Can't see him staying at Chelsea. Worth a crack at signing him?! Would prefer him to crouch. Haven't noticed anything in press about him moving though.

Match Updates: Colombia v Uruguay

Sat 28th June 9pm



Live on ITV

Match Updates: Brazil v Chile

Here we go with the round of 16 ...

Suggestion: Enner Valencia

plays in mexico hes an Ecuador international with a good goal scoring record



scored 18 in 23 games for his club and scored 7 in 12 for his country

Punch signed charity football

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A great chance to own a Palace item and help a local charity

RIP Bobby Womack

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Happy Birthday Eric.

Happy birthday PS2. You are now an old man.:D:love:

100yrs ago today... Start of World War 1

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Will be heading back to France next Summer on the 100 anniversary of when my Great Grandad got shot, and revisiting the grave of another relative in October who was killed whilst earning a bravery award/recognition

Samygo samsung tv

Has anyone tried to put samygo app on their Samsung tv? ive managed to install it but need to know how to use it to watch things like streaming footie or any other channels!

Actuall 'Itk's'

Being fairly new too this site, ive seen a lot of people claim to be itk regarding transfers.



I am aware of the infamous alii77 and the well renouned clapham grand, but who are the sites trusty itks?

Sorry if this is in wrong section.

Glastonbury 2014

Anyone there or watching it?

Blonde on at the moment, she had aged well but canticle very well and god knows what she is wearing.

Unbelievable Jeff - Chris Kamara catches Robber

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Barack Obama's Face Mistakenly Printed On To England World Cup Mugs

:D



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Discussion: ANYONE? ANYONE AT ALL?

It would be rather nice to hear that a new player or even 2 had been signed wouldn't it?

Storage Wars

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Anyone like Barry? Or are you are more of a Jarod type person?

Tickets for Barclays Summertime gigs

Tickets are currently £2.50 for all the BST gigs in Hyde Park. Not Libertines...



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Apparently they're being honoured too! :p

Naked and afraid

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The premise:



Two yanks are dropped in a remote part of the world with no clothes and one object of their choice (always a knife and fire starter thing). They have to last 21 days with no food, water, shelter other than what they find.



It's a bit repetitive at times with the dude looping out and some snakes getting eaten but it's quite fun.



It's like hoe big brother should be.



Anyone watch it?

Twiglet disaster / Broken Britain

Picture the scene.



I'm in Sainsbury's doing the little top up shop .....you know couple of beers, newspaper etc. I stroll confidently over to the crisps aisle looking for Twiglets. (Trying to be good and going for a baked rather than deep fried snack). Can't seem to see any......."Excuse me mate, where are the Twiglets?" I ask the shop assistant. "Sorry mate, we don't sell Twiglets."



WTF!



There are 32 different types of artisan goats cheese......but no Twiglets. In Sainsbury's!



Has anybody else had a similar shocking shopping disaster?

Suggestion: Bendtner Is Available - should we or not ?

Looks like Bendtner will be a free agent from 1st July.



Should we consider him now ? Imagine Bendtner & Chamakh in the same team with Zaha and Moses on the wing ? just a thought.





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Iain Moody ... Does what he wants

Funniest football moments

Only caught a bit of it tonight on Sky 1 , but so funny



Kevin Keegan rant - I`d love it love it



Delia Smith , tipsy - Lets be avin you COME ON



Chris Kamara - When Jeff Stelling asked who had been sent off , Kamara had no idea anyone had he he





Hope i can see whole programme somewhere

Rumour: Michu

Wouldnt say no



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Match Updates: Algeria v Russia

Thursday 26th June 9pm

Live on ITV 4



Algeria definitely qualify with a WIN but a DRAW will probably do (as long as Korea don't beat Belgium by THREE goals or more)



Russia qualify with a WIN, as long as Korea don't beat Belgium by a bigger margin



So Algeria probably only need a DRAW. Russia have to WIN



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Match Updates: South Korea v Belgium

Thursday 26th June 9pm

Live on ITV One



Belgium have qualified

Korea have to win AND hope that Algeria don't beat Russia AND need a goal difference swing in their favour



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Match Updates: Portugal v Ghana

Thursday 26th June 5pm

Live on BBC Red Button



For either side to qualify, they have to win, AND hope for a positive result between USA and Germany. If USA and Germany draw, they can't be caught. They might also need a big swing in goal difference. Ghana have the best chance - if they win and Germany beat USA, they have a good chance of finishing above USA.



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Suarez gets 4 month ban - but will be back v Palace

Typical , Suarez gets a 4 month ban that will expire on 26th Oct.



Sods Law! we play Liverpool on 22nd Nov so he will be fresh and back against us.

Match Updates: Germany vs USA

Youtube - Embed code for Ebay listing.

I'm in the process of listing an ad on ebay, but struggling with an embed code from Youtube. I've tried various sites where the code is converted for you, without success. Can anyone advise? The video I'm trying to embed is



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I've tried using the below link amongst others, which didn't work.



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Thanks

Wonga and pay day loans

For those that haven't seen, Wonga is in a bit of bother for sending out threatening letters form fake legal companies chasing people who were late with repayments.



There will be compensation paid to people but why are they still trading? Surely a case for fraud...



There was a big fuss last year and the Government announced an investigation

into the pay day loan industry but nothing has happened.



Can only assume that the investigation discovered Wonga was a big Tory donor and everything got dropped quietly...

Rumour: Tommy Oar

Just been told he is signing next week. Bloke who told me is a coach for the local State league side.

Hello

Hello everyone, just want to introduce myself in a few sentences.

I'm chris, 23 years old, from Duisburg, Germany.



I'm a palace fan since my first visit at SE15 two years ago. It was my first game in the motherland of football. It was the 2-2 draw against Leeds and at this moment I was totally fascinated.

I've seen a lot of football games in am life before (I'm a MSV Duisburg Supporter, maybe some of u know?!) but these experience was really incredible for me. The atmosphere at selhurst park was so awesome, I became a member of cpfc last year and visited cpfc end of last year with my dad and some friends. Another trip this season is planned!!!



I'm looking forward to get informations about the best club out of Germany and have contact with all of you.



That's it!



Ps: sorry for my bad English, hope you understand me...



Greets from Germany,



Chris

What should be the new name for the UK?

If the Scots vote to leave the blessed union.



Suggestions please.

British values

Each morning on my way to work i read bbc, telegraph, al jazeera and Russia today world news just to see how they variously report



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Air strike - June 2014

Hello all



Are the current air strikes in France and or Belgium likely to affect flights in and out of England on the weekend?



I have had a look on line and there are different reports from everywhere, including some that say things will be bad until 30 June and another report which says it's been cancelled.



Does anyone with any knowledge care to share their wisdom?



Thanks in advance

Dave

Left-wing bias at the BBC is a myth

I thought this was an interesting article, as many BBS right-wingers tend to froth at the mouth over the BBC, but it's never struck me as particularly lefty.



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Are the claims based solely on its status as a public broadcaster?

Match Updates: Honduras v Switzerland

Wednesday 25th June 9pm

Live on BBC3



Honduras qualify if they win AND France beat Ecuador AND there is a big swing in goal difference



Switzerland qualify if they win and Ecuador beat France and Switzerland's margin of victory is much bigger than Ecuador's. They also qualify if they win and Ecuador don't beat France OR if they draw and France beat Ecuador.



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Match Updates: Ecuador v France

Wednesday 25th June 9pm

Live on BBC One



France need a DRAW to be sure of qualifying but have probably done enough already because of their +6 goal difference



Ecuador qualify if they win and Switzerland don't get a big win against Honduras. They also qualify if they draw and Switzerland fail to win. And they would qualify if they lose and Honduras beat the Swiss but there is only a small swing in goal difference.



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Match Updates: Bosnia v Iran

Wednesday 25th June 5pm

Live on ITV4



Bosnia can't qualify

Iran have a chance - they need to WIN - and for Argentina to beat Nigeria - and a small swing in goal difference - for them to overtake Nigeria



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Match Updates: Nigeria v Argentina

Wednesday 24th June 5pm

Live on ITV



Argentina have qualified

Nigeria need a DRAW to qualify, but they qualify anyway if Iran don't beat Bosnia



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Tuco is Dead.

Eli Wallach has died aged 98.

He will always be Tuco to me.

RIP



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Tour De France 2014

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Gak Graz V Palace 16th July

Link here



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Happy Birthday Pistol Knight

Have a great day Barry. :p

Shots of fans on camera at the world cup

What the **** is it with the fans at this world cup. Are they watching the big screen instead of the game. Their team could be minutes from going out of the cup , they look all depressed then the camera finds them. Guess what? They start ******* smiling and jumping up and down like ******* pricks. If that was me and England were going out i would show people on TV what I thought of the camera showing me.



I'm miserable tonight, but people on here must agree. They pay that much to go to see their team!! I cannot smile if England or Palace are losing!

Match Updates: Greece v Ivory Coast

Tuesday 24th June 9m

Live on BBC



Greece have to WIN to stand a chance of qualifying

Ivory Coast definitely qualify with a win, and a draw is enough unless Japan beat Colombia by 2 goals



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Greece

01 Karnezis

15 Torosidis

20 Holebas

02 Maniatis

19 Papastathopoulos

04 Manolas

16 Christodoulopoulos

10 Karagounis

14 Salpingidis

08 Kone

07 Samaras





Ivory Coast
01 Barry

17 Aurier

03 Boka

09 Tioté

04 K Touré

22 Bamba

08 Kalou

20 Gonzaroua Die

11 Drogba

19 Y Touré

10 Gervinho

Cant smoke if you were born after the year 2000

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Quote:

Doctors call for total ban on sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2000 in bid to cut smoking-related deaths

hows that gonna work



even more people asking "can you get me 10 Silk Cut"!!!

Match Updates: Japan v Colombia

Tuesday 24th June 9pm

Live on BBC



Japan have to WIN to stand a chance of qualifying

Colombia have already qualified



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Japan

01 Kawashima

02 Uchida

05 Nagatomo

17 Hasebe

15 Konno

22 Yoshida

13 Okubo

14 Aoyama

09 Okazaki

04 Honda

10 Kagawa





Colombia
01 Ospina

04 Arias

07 Armero

13 Guarín

23 Valdés

16 Balanta

11 Cuadrado

15 Mejía

21 Martinez

19 Ramos

20 Quintero

Suarez enjoys bitter

Apparently he enjoys a pint of ale, though it does make him a bit peckish.

Biting:Suarez

Discuss

Suarez Biter Threads

How many Suarez biting threads can we start before the mods get round to merging?

Suarez bites again

This time its Chiellini



what a W-ANCHOR!!!!

Suarez biter

Should be banned for a whole season and sent home from WC. What an animal and he is also as bad as a certain Chelsea player for other things. Odious excretement

Bitey Suarez

He's at it again and bit an Italian player on the shoulder during today's match.



TWAT

Can I please edit a thread title?

Let's see ...

CPFC Foundation Summer Holiday Football Courses

Take a look at the CPFC Foundatiion Summer holiday football courses for boys and girls aged 4-12 year old. We have more courses running at twice the number of venues than last year. There’s a course to suit your son and daughter at whatever level and at venues across the following boroughs:



Bromley, Croydon, Sutton, Tandridge and Edenbridge.



All of the Summer courses places can now be booked online.



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Match Updates: Ivory Coast vs Greece

Not sure if there is a need for two separate threads on these final group games in Group C.

Match Updates: Italy v Uruguay

Tuesday 24th June 5pm

Live on ITV



Italy need a DRAW to qualify

Uruguay have to WIN



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Italy

01 Buffon

04 Darmian

02 De Sciglio

03 Chiellini

19 Bonucci

15 Barzagli

23 Verratti

08 Marchisio

17 Immobile

09 Balotelli

21 Pirlo



Uruguay

01 Muslera

22 Cáceres

06 Pereira

17 Arévalo Rios

13 Giménez

03 Godín

20 González

14 Lodeiro

09 Suarez

21 Cavani

07 Rodríguez

Fujitsu Laptop repair needed

My laptop has gone a bit wrong. It does not even get to the bios page on start up, just goes straight to flashing cursor top left.



HD seems OK so data should be OK. Have bought a caddy which arrives tomorrow to connect to the HD to backup.



Need somewhere local to have a look at the laptop and quote repair. Have a feeling it might have been knocked or similar and something has become disconnected inside. Just a hunch though.



Anyone recommend a decent laptop repair company local? I'm based in Keston and work in Vauxhall.



Thanks

Dan

miami vice box set

The wife got me this from the kids for father's day.

Forgot how good it was back in the 80s ain't watched anything but this since, apart from the world cup.

It really was ahead of its time,anyone else a fan back in the day?

Home Babies

This was one of those stories that I stumbled across a couple of weeks ago, and because it wasn't really followed up or splashed across front pages, I rather forgot about it. I think I saw it first in the Spanish press.



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Spain has its own baby scandal from the same period, of the babies stolen from poor or irreligious mothers by the Church and sold to pious, Catholic mothers. It seems they kept infant corpses pickled in some cases to show to the birth mothers as proof that the baby had died.



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These cases both seem to be consequences of observance of, or belief in, the morality handed down by religions.



Any thoughts on this stuff, I wonder?

Historians reveal secrets of UK gun-running which lengthened the American civil war

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New historical and archaeological research is shining an embarrassing light on one of the darkest periods of British foreign policy.



Other research, carried out over the past decade, has revealed the extraordinary extent to which substantial sections of Britain’s business elite were working with impunity to help the slave-owning southern states win the Civil War – despite the fact that Britain was officially neutral and had outlawed slavery almost 30 years earlier.



In total some 200 vessels were purpose-built or upgraded on Clydeside, in Liverpool or in London for the Confederate states – and hundreds of thousands of guns (including heavy artillery) were manufactured in Birmingham, Newcastle and near London for the Confederate Army.



The entirely illegal, but tacitly British-Government-approved pro-Confederate gun-running operation is thought to have lengthened the American Civil War by up to two years – and to have therefore cost as many as 400,000 American lives.



Britain was split down the middle in its attitude to the American Civil War. The left, many liberals and much of the working class was pro-US and anti-Confederate – mainly because of the South’s pro-slavery stance. But many Tories and much of the business sector were actively pro-Confederate, as there were considerable fortunes to be made from supplying guns, uniforms, medicines, textiles and even food to the south.

Health group calls for 'sugar tax' to cut child obesity

A "sugar tax" should be introduced by the UK government to help curb obesity in childhood, a campaign group says.



Action on Sugar has produced a seven-point plan to discourage children from consuming foods and soft drinks with high levels of added sugar.



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There shouldn't be a tax on sugar - if your child is morbidly obese you are guilty of child abuse.

BBC - Who Needs What in the final group games

A useful guide



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Match Updates: Cameroon vs Brazil

Come on Cameroon.

Match Updates: Mexico vs Croatia

David Gregory

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Sat down with Palace's U21 goalkeeper (who is a MASSIVE Palace fan) to talk about his career so far, and his hopes for the future.



He spoke very highly of Julian Speroni, but also of Ben Garner, Gary Issott and Ken Gillard.



19-year-old goalkeeper who has seen countless goalkeepers come and go, is in the process of negotiating a new two year contract with the club and spent some time out on loan at Sutton last season. Might as well use this thread to give updates on his progress.



If you didn't see before, his father wrote for FYP, giving an account of what it is like to have a son in the academy, and an update went in the latest issue of the fanzine. (To view the link you have to Register or Login )

How to fix a football match

On Channel 4 now. Interesting but not surprising....

What?

What?

Match Updates: Netherlands vs Chile

The beginning of the end

I always feel that the WC is somehow coming to an end when the first matches played at the same time start and indeed this often coincides with a drop off in interest :(



Anyone else feel the same?

Match Updates: Australia v Spain

Monday 23rd June 5pm

Live on ITV



It's a 'dead rubber' but could be fun.



Sydney Morning Herald preview

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The Godin foul on Sturridge

If Sturridge had gone down pounding the turf and/or clutching his throat, we'd most likely be heading into the second round now.



Did he do the right thing?

A boring 'Classics' question.

Need some help.



I need the name of a historical battle or a conflict which epitomizes a struggle between two individuals that has a longevity to it. Not a feud but more a battle for supremacy over the course of a period of time.



My initial thought was 'Waterloo' but that conveys more a straight forward win or loss, all or nothing scenario. I want something that conveys an on-going struggle between two individuals.

Suggestion: Dejagah

Mmhmm

Harry Redknapp and his stirring spoon

I was going to post this in the World Cup forum but as it's more about England as a whole rather than the World Cup... Looks to me like Ol' 'Arry is shit stirring. :rolleyes: Obviously trying to discredit Roy and the boys to get himself back in the England picture no doubt. :rolleyes:



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Party hard at a funeral

:D



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Streaming to be included in the official charts

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Sad day in my opinion but it was inevitable. This week is to be the last chart based purely on sales.

Sunday league football

Just wondering if anyone on here plays for/or knows any teams ( ideally in croydon municipal league ) and train local that are looking for players



Me and a couple of mates are looking for a new after leaving our side last season



If so maybe send me a dm with details



Much appreciated

Hereford United

Grim goings on at Hereford. Expelled from the Conference and potentially facing expulsion from the Southern League due to the actions or the previous (incompetent) chairman and now being followed up by the actions of an ex-con Essex wide boy spiv, Thomas Agombar. If you have a moment, read their forum on the link below for some background to a farcical situation.



This chancer is suspected to only be interested in aquiring the leases to Edgar Street from the Council so he can flog these off for development and pocket the cash.



The club is on it's knees and it seems that the only way forward for them now is to start again from scratch as a Phoenix club. This is a 'there but for the grace of God' situation and it's not right to see this happen to a very proud club.



This petition will hopefully gather enough signatures to convince Herefordshire Council to do the right thing and tell Agombar to **** off.



Please all sign the link below:



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NURSEY RIP

Patsy Byrne aka Nursey in Blackadder has passed away. RIP. Another great no more.

Match Updates: Belgium v Russia

Talented children vs kick-arse national anthem

Match Updates: Belgium v Russia

Live on BBC

A Palace Minute No.22 - Back to 1990

Back to the 1990 FA Cup Final

If footballers did a normal job

Suarez in an advert

English footballers and lack of intelligence

I've wanted to start a thread like this up for a while, but I guess I've felt a bit embarrassed and disrespectful bringing it up. I know 'thick footballers' are classed in similar stereotypical brackets as 'female blondes', but it is something that people have generally joked about, and can't say I've seen much serious thought written on the subject.



'civil eagle' on the World Cup Uruguay thread brought it up, and prompted me to start a thread on the subject that I've wanted to for a while now.



It has always been a stark contrast for me, the difference in success between English football managers and Scottish ones. I think it's safe to say one of the attributes of a top manager is intelligence. Look at English managers; is there any top flight league in the world, where a home grown manager has not won their domestic league for over 20 years? Wilkinson in 1992, was the last Englishmen to win our top flight league.



You can reel off the top English players in the last 30 years that have been average at best in management: Robson, Barnes, Butcher, Shilton, Mills, Pearce, Hoddle, Wilkins, Adams, Shearer, Southgate, Ince, Neal......nearly all them rode on the back of their successful playing career and were given decent club jobs too, yet still were failures predominantly.



We were lucky; in Coppell we have had one of the only bright English managers in the last 30 years. Is it a coincidence that he finished a degree in economics before taking up the game professionally?



At a guess I would point the finger at our education system in this country. Nearly all our professionals hail from working class backgrounds and so attended comprehensive schools. The gulf in eloquence between our English rugby counterparts compared to the footballers is pretty overwhelming. And guess what? The majority of professional players in the English Rugby Union Premiership went to private schools.

BBS Crimes Against Grammar

I can't take it anymore. I can understand abbreviations and leaving out punctuation on tweets and I even can understand the occasional grammar slip up on the BBS. Hell, I've done it before and will do it again. But there has been a problem that has infected the BBS and doesn't look like it could end any time soon.



I don't know how many times in the last few months, but I've seen a proliferation of phrases like "He should of", "We could of", "I would of". :veryangry I know you are trying to type "should have", "could have", "would have"; but if you are desperately into brevity, use the contraction. "Should've", "could've", "would've". I know I can't be the only person that gets his balls in a twist about stuff like this.



And I wish people would quit saying "bald faced lie". What the hell is a bald face? It's a bold faced lie. For more reasoned grammar questioning, I'll hand it over to the current Mr Phil Brooks.

Match Updates: Nigeria 0-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina

Should be a good game, my money's on Bosnia.

Match Updates: Germany v Ghana (8pm)

:moo:

Babymetal

What do we think? I actually really like it. The musicians in the band are fantastic and it is catchy as hell!!!!

Match Updates: Argentina v Iran (5pm)

:moo:

R.I.P MC Sparks

Just heard the news that UK Garage MC Sparks from the duo Sparks N Kie has passed.

WBA hold protest!

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club shop

Hi im new on here. Just wondering if there's anyone I could contact about some ideas I have for the club shop

Samurai in Brazil

Broken Custard Creams

Whenever I open a pack of custard creams, the end biscuit (sometimes two) is always broken. :grrr:



Personally I would be happy if they removed the end biscuit and replaced it with a sort of foam shock absorbing replacement, perhaps embossed with the traditional custard cream motif for aesthetic resons.



Is it better to have one biscuit fewer in the pack but then have the reassurance that all will be perfect? Or make do with the one broken one and perhaps palm it on to a colleague?

Group F Team Names

The letters of "IRAN" also occur in the names of all the other teams in their group:



NIGERIA

ARGENTINA

BOSNIA-HERZOGOVINA

Brazil Stadiums

It may have been said elsewhere, but how impressive are the stadiums being used on a footballing level.



Fans close to the pitch and a steep gradient.



Excellent for the fans and for atmosphere.



Not a running track in sight.



Thoughts?

Pre Season Pre-Season Fixtures

Does anyone have a list of all our pre-season fixtures with dates?



Ta



FC :p

Ascot today

Third race, Seagull Star owned by Tony Bloom, an outsider called Eagle Top, only one thing to do being a Palace fan.

Match Updates: Ecuador V Honduras

Well, someone had to show some interest....

Match Updates: Portugal vs USA

I know this is still a couple of days away but the match has already been decided.

How "Seven Nation Army" became a Sports Anthem

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The march toward musical empire began on Oct. 22, 2003, in a bar in Milan, Italy, 4,300 miles away from Detroit. Fans of Club Brugge K.V., in town for their team's group-stage UEFA Champions League clash against European giant A.C. Milan, gathered to knock back some pre-match beers. Over a stereo blared seven notes: Da...da-DA-da da DAAH DAAH, the signature riff of a minor American hit song. By normal pop-music expectations, the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" had already passed its peak. Released in March of that year, the single reached No. 1 on Billboard's alternative rock chart in early July, stayed there for three weeks, then had begun to fade out. But the members of the Blue Army, a Brugge supporters group, liked what they were hearing and began to sing along. "It's a very catchy tune," Blue Army spokesman Geert De Cang wrote in an email. But in Milan, at the beginning, it was purely spontaneous and local. Kickoff was coming. The visiting Belgians moved out into the city center, still singing. They kept chanting it in the stands of the San Siro—Oh...oh-OH-oh oh OHH OHH—as Peruvian striker Andres Mendoza stunned Milan with a goal in the 33rd minute and Brugge made it hold up for a shocking 1-0 upset. Filing out of the stadium, they continued to belt it out. The song traveled back to Belgium with them, and the Brugge crowd began singing it at home games. The club itself eventually started blasting "Seven Nation Army" through the stadium speakers after goals.

Visiting SW England any tips?

Visiting the Sw of England with family next month. Bath, Salisbury among other places. Any places not to miss in those two cities?

Match Updates: Switzerland vs France

I would like a Swiss win.

Ibrahim Toure RIP

Yaya and Kolo Toure's younger brother has died. RIP



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Palace videos

Just come across these videos from the 80s and 90s. What to do with them is the problem. Ebay or throw away, does anyone still have a VHS anymore.



Great memories tho.

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Match Updates: Italy v Costa Rica (5pm)

Oh well, here we go again.



Italy please keep us interested until Tuesday, thanks.

England's Managers

I'm not sure if this poll has been done on here in the past, sorry if it has.



If you could have the pick from one manager/coach (past and present) to manage today's England team, who would you choose?

Britain First.

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The new kiddies on the British far-right block and have been behind a rather sophisticated social media campaign for some time now but it is interesting timing from channel 4 in terms of this rather in-depth news report although, as per usual, they cannot resist indulging in the sort of soc.lib sneering that has worked so well with the likes of UKIP and so on.



Which makes me wonder as to why now ? The BNP are dead and buried and the EDL the same (both, in my opinion, deliberately done so by HMG in a variety of ways. Always suspected that Griffin will be one day exposed as a long term MI5 plant to act as sort of lightning rod for a section of the disgruntled population) so why now give this Britain First organisation the sort of publicity it craves ?



The people behind it are obviously wealthy and social media savvy but why feel the need to go to these lengths to make a lot more people aware of them ?



Also feel free to bandy the term 'fascist' around when it comes to this lot. This IS what a fascist movement looks and acts like so it might prove educational for some of you.



But it does make me scratch my head and wonder which particular brains thought of offering them the sort of PR that this slice of supposedly serious news coverage offers them.

Mac Mail Version 5.3 advice

How do I stop every image attached to incoming emails being downloaded onto my desktop automatically? I have had to clear out literally thousands of logos from my desktop as each new email usually brings with it 4 or 5 tiny Twitter or Facebook images, plus company logos etc. I don't want to download them but can't see any menu options to allow me to stop this happening.

Team for Costa Rica

Hart



Johnson Cahill Jagielka Baines



Gerrard Willshere



Oxlade C Sturridge Millner



Lambert







Can't think of a decent DM alternative to Gerrard at present.

Suggestion: Jack Rodwell

Still only 23 been linked with a move back to Everton but that's media talk could work well for Palace, good young player who's been overlooked at Man City due to the so called big names at the club, I think a good replacement for KG.

RIP Gerry Goffin

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Some of my favourite songs written with Carole King :(

Leicester...well happy...

We're coming in t-shirt weather......Cherry trees,....or the Westerspoons...where do you fancy......we're probably the bookies favourites to go down.....so Best us.......can't wait....:lux:

Match Updates: Japan v Greece

Yawn...

Next England Manager

Not sure how to set up a poll.



I think we should get Hiddink, plays good football and has done a good job everywhere he's gone at club and international level. Very tactically astute as well.



As an English choice, I would accept Harry Redknapp.

Pre-1960 Newspaper Cuttings.

I've just been browsing through the British Newspaper Archive and have snipped a few articles that may be of interest,some you may be aware of and some perhaps not.

Either way I'll post a few and be interested of your thoughts.If there is a similar thread then please merge and i'll post them there.

Here is the first.







Gloucestershire Echo Friday 20 April 1944.

Match Updates: Colombia v Ivory Coast

Colombia I love you THIS much :love:



Do me proud

Humour: Some bloke who played well last night

Some bloke in one of the WC matches last night played well for 45 minutes, as far as I could see from the BBC/ITV coverage; I think we should sign him :p



He played for <insert name of foreign country> and plays as a <insert position>.



We're in the "EPL", he plays in <insert some far away country where they don't even have SSN :eek:> and he's worth £10m, so he'd be bound to want to join us for about £3m, because we're Palace.



Come on Ian Moody, what's stopping you getting him over the line?



Please feel free to add any random comments, such as:-



- he may not clap the fans

- OK as a back-up

- etc.



Fill your boots

São Paulo

In São Paulo. Cool and damp - just like home. Have large St George's flag with "CRYSTAL PALACE" in large white capital letters across the middle. Hope it ca be seen on television.



Lots of compliments from fans of other clubs about Palace's style and spirit and fans being the noisiest in the league



Come on England!:lux:

Leeds New Manager...WHO?!

They've appointed ex-Forest Green manager Dave Hockaday as their new head coach.



:eek::eek::eek:

IAN WRIGHT

Ian Wright flying home from Brazil after his wife and kids were held at knifepoint in a robbery at his North London home



Hope everything is ok for them

sofas at football

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thought this was fun

Match Updates: Uruguay v England (8pm)

Getting excited now.



C'mon England

Pablo Neruda poems found

Just keeps getting better for Chile.



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Lesbians loves a bit of Rabbit !

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Good luck to her. Nice to see she likes her meat organic !

Fixture Information 2014/15 Crystal Palace TV Coverage Thread

So, with the fixtures announced yesterday, the big question is: does anyone know when the first round of TV Fixtures will be announced?

Suggestion: Ivan Perišić

I'm sure these type threads will pop up all over now we're exposed to the worlds best, but seeing the highlights of the Cameroon v Croatia game last night, this lad looks useful - very pacy, can play across the line, 6'2 (Pulis type player!), looks left/both footed, and only 25. Wolfsburg paid 8mill Euros, so potentially we could offer £5-8mill if they are willing to sell? Would be great competition for Yanni or play in the no.10 position behind Chamakh/new signing.

England Expects

What does England expect after tonight?



- car horns blaring through the night to celebrate victory?



- plastic chairs flying through the air at the 'fan zones' as the mood turns ugly after defeat?



Vote.... now!

Great North Run 2014

I have decided to take park in this years great north run , I will be running for the charity kids with cancer .



I haven't run for 20 years but decided to do this half marathon as preparation for hopefully doing the 2015 London marathon.



Anyone else doing the great north run this year or have done it in the past and can pass on any tips .



Thanks

Rumour: Chris Kettings

Sky Sports understands Crystal Palace are closing in on former Blackpool goalkeeper Chris Kettings.



Kettings is a free agent after seeing out his contract at Bloomfield Road earlier this summer.



The 21-year-old started his career at Manchester City before joining Blackpool in 2007.



Kettings had loan spells at Birmingham, Morecambe and York City, but it was at Hyde last season where he caught the eye.



Palace have now lined up a move for Kettings as they look to bolster their goalkeeping options and they see the 21-year-old as a player for the future.



The Scotland Under 21 international will provide cover and competition for Julian Speroni and Wayne Hennessey following Neil Alexander's departure from Selhurst Park.



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CPFC Team Photos project

Peter Hurn (Palace photo collector) and Chris Winter (Palace commentator and author) are developing an idea of collecting and reproducing Palace team photos dating back to 1905, either as a book or as a set of high quality postcards. Ian King and Ian Weller have been a great help so far, but we are appealing for any other collectors out there who may have any original team photos or postcards from any era, in order to fill in some of the gaps. If you can help, please get in touch on here, or by PM if you prefer. Here's one from 1907-08 to whet the appetite:

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Spain's rebuilding job

With the end of one Spanish golden generation, is it fair to say that the Spanish rebuilding job is a hell of a lot easier and quicker than the one that Germany went through 4-6 years ago.



De Gea, Azpilicueta, Alves, Thiago, Martinez, Koke, Isco and a fully fit Diego Costa would make for a decent spine!



They'll be a nice value bet for the Euros.

Suggestion: Gary Medel ?

As the title suggests, I've been watching the World Cup and have been very impressed with Gary Medels tenacity and discipline.

In my opinion a huge upgrade on KG ?

Newcastle away

Flights currently £65 with easyjet going Friday night coming back Sunday night flying from Gatwick

Totally Pointless Palace World Cup Game

A squad composed entirely of Palace players (past or present) of the nationalities of 2014 World Cup Teams - Not including England.



Gk Speroni (Argentina)



CD Berhalter (USA)









Mid Veart (Australia)

Mid Kirovsky USA





Att Kadviedes Ecuador

Match Updates: Spain v Chile (8pm)

:p

Orange is the New Black

Anyone caught this on Netflix? Just finished the second season and it's getting stronger as it progresses. Some good character development using back stories and some pretty funny moments.

Mile Jedinak - The First Palace Player To Score In The World Cup Finals

When Palace captain Mile Jedinak scored a penalty for Australia against Holland he surely became the first Palace player to score in the World Cup Finals, a very proud moment for him and the club.

Good interview, Gabby Logan with Gary Neville

Unedited, Roy comes out very well from this



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Match Updates: Australia v Netherlands

this could be fun

Crystal Palace Season Review 1988/89

Having recently gone through a box in the loft and found some CP VHS tapes, i have converted them to DVD and uploaded this season review to YouTube. There are some real beauties in here from Mr Wright and co.



One thing missing from the Official Video produced by the club is that it doesn't say which teams the various goals were scored against, maybe some fans will be able to fill in the blanks? :p



(hopefully it isn't against BBS policy to post this up here but can give younger fans to see goals that they may not have seen before)

Pre Season Summary of fixtures 2014

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Fixtures 14/15

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Been released! Arsenal away first. Finishing Chelsea Man U Liverpool....

No wonder people hate Israel.

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Thieving scum. Only way of describing them.

Fixtures 2014/15

Away to Arsenal first game, harsh run in.



Lets see how Sky and BT destroy that list.



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Arsenal away first game

As leaked by Teamtalk :lux:

Suggestion: Graeme Shinnie

Young, Scottish, cheap, seemingly well-regarded....



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His brother Andrew plays midfield for Birmingham.

Monarchy Referendum

Would you want one?



There's a petition here asking for it.



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Name the first Darren Ambrose screamer that comes to mind

Sheffield United at home. What a goal. Massively important too. YouTube clip anyone?

Suggestion: Guillermo Ochoa

Mexican keeper available on a free transfer, definitely a talent, still only 28, with the release of 2 of the 4 keepers we had I think he would be a great signing for the future, I don't rate Hennessy to be good enough for the premier league!

Match Updates: Russia V South Korea

Day off tomorrow means staying up for this one! Fancy Capello's Russia to win this even without the influential Shirokov.

Ivan (Champion of the Mattress) Kaviedes

Interesting piece which Google will translate, dont recall seeing the whole story about him before,might of missed it I suppose. Just love the other nickname as well........

Match Updates: Brazil v Mexico (8pm)

Betting on lots of goals, expect there to be none

Rumour: Islam Slimani

ITV have just linked us and the Spammers to him.



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EPL

Would someone please explain to me why so many find the abbreviation 'EPL' to be so objectionable? It's easy to say and easy to write and we all know what it means.



Thanks.

Questions forum

Where has it gone?



I know we cannot ask questions until the season starts, but no harm keeping it there for reference to old questions, is there?

Extruded Aluminium

Anyone here know anything about extruded aluminimum?



I am looking at building a photobooth (for a business venture) but am a bit of a novice with the structure of it (the technical side is fine)



I have seen some companies manufacture them in Extruded Aluminium.

example:





How easy would it be to create something like this? I have access to weld shops and crafts men. I imagine the curve is the challenge.



Also would it be possible to break it down into sections for transport - I believe it is "snap apart" so I could do something like this?



Finally, and most importantly, I would need to skin it - would 1/4 inch ply be a good option or is there something that would be better. Lightweight would be good, and preferably I wouldnt want to see the frame...



Thanks

Happy Birthday lewisham eagle

Have a great day Ben.

Match Updates: Belgium v Algeria

The golden genoration of Belgium kick off their world cup campaign against Guedioura's Algeria (although Pep is watching from his sofa.)



their last pre-World Cup friendly.



Kevin De Bruyne and Divock Origi also have ankle problems, while several other players are nursing minor knocks following feisty training sessions.



Algeria's main concern is over midfielder Hassan Yedba, another player with an ankle injury.



Otherwise, coach Vahid Halilhodzic has a fully-fit squad, led by captain and ex-Rangers defender Madjid Bougherra.



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2-0 Belgium but not expecting a great performance.

24 Heures du Mans

Did anybody else who was there notice a flag that looked remarkably like a CPFC one? I was on the outside of the Porsche Curves this was displayed on the inside.

American women love Palace players

If you want to impress young American women just tell them that you play for Crystal Palace. That is the findings of a survey I recently conducted during a month-long road trip in the States.

Let me explain.... There we were having a steak and beer in a bar in Roanoke, a small town in upstate Virginia, nestling in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. Over comes the owner, having heard that there were some strange sounding foreign people in his bar. Having found out where we came from, his first question to me was which football team I supported. He broke out laughing when I told him.

This is his story... Ten years ago he played goalie in his local 'soccer' team. He needed to buy some new goalie gloves. The young female shop assistant asked him if he had ever played professionally. Wanting to impress her he said (falsely) that he had played for Crystal Palace in the Premiership and a few Cup games. I'm afraid that your correspondent's memory starts to get a bit hazy from then on, because he insisted on buying us some more beers and the conversation moved onto our recent season and the World Cup.

The wife was also less than impressed by the subject of discussion. This could be because a) she grew up in Charlton b) she recalled the day before I had pointed out that the local Richmond paper was announcing to a great fanfare that tickets for the game against top Premiership club Crystal Palace were going on sale the following Tuesday or, and most likely c) she recalled that about the same time our new American friend was buying his goalie gloves we had stumbled into a breakfast bar in Budapest where the waiter , having found out I supported Palace, spent the whole time discussing the Palace and the two Hungarian players then in our squad. (Needless to say after that we went there every day for breakfast).

So that is the result of my extensive survey, conducted I might say at some cost to my liver. Now I recognise that the statistical pedants in YouGov and MORI may question the number of people questioned in this survey and there might be some flies to the theory of all American women loving Crystal Palace. Notably 1 The guy did say that he chose Crystal Palace, because they were not well known and no-one would check his story 2 He did not say if he succeeded in impressing the young woman and 3 It might only apply to goalies.

So, in purely in the interests of scientific inquiry, I think the players, owners, staff and fans should put this theory to the test in Palace 's forthcoming visit to the States.

Over to you guys and 'have a nice day' ( and night).

Match Fixing

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Two guilty of football match-fixing

Breaking news



Businessmen Chann Sankaran and Krishna Ganeshan guilty of involvement in football match-fixing plot in UK



(more to follow apparently).

Bored

Bored with work, bored with the World Cup, bored with no Palace action.



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Gatecrashing Brands Hatch

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Under 11 and Under 12 IAK Sweden tournament .

Crystal Palace had 2 teams in the AIK Tournament . 7 country's including Sweden Estonia Finland Denmark Norway . Crystal palace played fantastic football . Under 11 reached the final lost 6 4 . The under 12 team won Their final 3 2 . . Some great Palace players on show .

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Empty seats

Why are there so many empty seats at every game? Looks awful.

Captain Scarlet RIP

Francis Matthews, aka CS dies tragically at 86. RIP.

BBC v ITV

What are our early thoughts?



I find ITV's decision to have Fabio Cannavaro astonishing. Admittedly he's getting better, but I just think his English is poor and laborious - listening to him a few beers down the road is choresome. He also has no link to the game in this country (does that matter :confused:). They seem to have upped their game with the commentary however. The presentation and graphics are fussy as always.



The BBC panel seems to be a constant rota of faces. None of them really appeal. I'm going to say it - the best BBC pundit is Steve Claridge - he should be there, but isn't famous enough. And Lawrenson's puerile brand of sarcasm/ cyancism is realy starting to grate. Actually, it started to grate 5 years ago. But they do have JP, their saving grace, and the interface is clear and concise.



On balance I'd go with the Beeb, but it's closer than previous tournaments where ITV has been eons behind. I think this is because BBC has gone backwards however, rather than ITV improving. :(

Victoria station shut

Gas Leak !

Trialist: Tendai Ndoro

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Apparently coming for a trial

Match Updates: Germany v Portugal (5pm)

:p

Joe Hart loses his cool

Keeps a clear head myth busted by Mr. Head and Shoulders himself :moo:

Match Updates: Iran vs. Nigeria - 8pm

Victor Moses should become the second ever Palace Academy graduate to play at a World Cup this evening. Clinton was in the Ireland squad in 2002 but never got on the pitch. Kenny Sansom obviously played for England back in the 80's.



He'll be expecting to start today's game :)

Match Updates: Ghana v USA

This game is going to be happening tonight, not.that most Americans would know it. When a student asked an American collegue of mine if he had watched the game this morning (England v Italy) he reacted with horror. "why would I watch soccer?!", his friend quickly joined in. The student then asked me and and I said I was very dissapointed, to which the American said "does the UK have a team this year?".



I'm hoping against hope Ghana win 5-0

Palace in Lagos

Bit of a long shot i know but I'm here for a week and wondered if there were any Palace around to suggest pubs for the football or see it with.

I'm staying on Victoria Island.



Cheers

Ghana v USA

This game is going to be happening tonight, not.that most Americans would know it. When a student asked an American collegue of mine if he had watched the game this morning (England v Italy) he reacted with horror. "why would I watch soccer?!", his friend quickly joined in. The student then asked me and and I said I was very dissapointed, to which the American said "does the UK have a team this year?".



I'm hoping against hope Ghana win 5-0

Unofficial or ignored rules

Having seen the host nation get the benefit of several generous decisions in the opening game it got me thinking about some of the unwritten rules in football or the rules that are rarely applied. For instance:

• Keepers are rarely called for being a couple of yards off their line when a penalty is struck.


• Referees seem obliged to 'not ruin the game as a spectacle' when there's a large tv audience. ie De Jong getting away with a yellow for a vicious kung fu kick.


• A yellow card offence doesn't result in a yellow card if it happens in the first few minutes of a game.

What else is there?

Happy birthday Jone-Zee

Happy birthday mate, have a good day.

The Best Burrito in the USA

This will obviously only appeal to a small percentage of BBSers, those living in America and those loving burritos, but Nate Silver's (the statistical guru that gained fame predicting various American political races) website is having a tournament to decide the best burrito in the US. They used a combination of online reviews and expert suggestions. There are four regions; Northeast, South, West and California. I'd love to get some Cali BBSers to offer opinions on the California entrants. I have eaten at one of the two Georgia entrants and I don't know if Raging Burrito is one of the 64 best burritos in the US, but it is damn good.



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California Region El Farolito (No. 1 seed) 2779 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94110 La Taqueria (No. 2 seed) 2889 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94110 Lolita’s Taco Shop (No. 3 seed) 7305 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92111 Manuel’s Original El Tepeyac Cafe (No. 4 seed) 812 N Evergreen Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90033 Al & Bea’s Mexican Food 2025 E 1st St. Los Angeles, CA 90033 Athenian III 8511 La Palma Ave. Buena Park, CA 90620 La Azteca Tortilleria 4538 E Cesar E. Chavez Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90022 Chando’s Tacos 863 Arden Way Sacramento, CA 95816 El Chato Taco Truck 5300 W Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90019 Dos Chinos Food truck, no fixed location Costa Mesa, CA 92626 HRD Coffee Shop 521 3rd St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Lucha Libre Gourmet Taco Shop 1810 W Washington St. San Diego, CA 92110 Rosa Maria’s Drive-In 4202 N Sierra Way San Bernardino, CA 92407 Spencer Makenzie’s Fish Company 806 E Thompson Blvd. Ventura, CA 93001 Taqueria Cancún 2288 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94110 El Zarape 4642 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92116

Rumour: Morgan Amalfitano

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Linked with him along with a whole host of clubs.

Wrorld cup so far

I think this has been so good compared to south africa.All the teams apart from honduras have looked to attack.Loads of goals and chances and the good players playing well.Even england look positive.



Why do people think this is? I think one of the reasons is in south africa alot of teams were full of oldies reaching the end of their careers,whereas most of the teams seem to be blooding plenty of youngsters playing without fear.



Plus i suppose nobody wants to go to brazil and stick 10 men behind the ball.